Vascular structure and function and their relationship with health-related quality of life in the MARK study

Table 4 Marginal means of standardized physical and mental components by CAVI categories

		Unadjusted	Fully adjusted
	CAVI	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE
Standardized Physical Component	<8	46.51 ± 0.97*	45.21 ± 1.27*
	8–9	48.36 ± 0.91	47.57 ± 1.06
	> = 9	50.03 ± 0.88*	49.24 ± 1.08*
Standardized Mental Component	<8	49.22 ± 1.09	50.49 ± 1.38
	8-9	47.23 ± 1.02*	45.21 ± 1.27*
	> = 9	51.64 ± 0.98*	47.57 ± 1.06*

*P by Multivariate General Lineal Model (MANOVA) using LSD post hoc test. Unadjusted: Physical Component, CAVI < 8 with 8–9, p = 0.167; CAVI < 8 with > 9, p = 0.008; CAVI 8–9 with > 9, p = 0.190. Mental Component: CAVI < 8 with 8–9, p = 0.183; CAVI < 8 with > 9, p = 0.101; CAVI 8–9 with > 9, p = 0.002. Adjusted: Physical Component, CAVI < 8 with 8–9, p = 0.123; CAVI < 8 with > 9, p = 0.017; CAVI 8–9 with > 9, p = 0.226. Mental Component: CAVI < 8 with 8–9, p = 0.009; CAVI < 8 with > 9, p = 0.608; CAVI 8–9 with > 9, p = 0.023
Adjusted for age, gender, current smoker, alcohol consumption in g/week, physical exercise (METs-min 14 days), diet quality index, mean blood pressure, atherogenic index (Total Cholesterol/HDL-Cholesterol), HbA1c and antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drugs, CAVI Cardio Ankle Vascular index, SE Standard error.

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